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TRANSLATION OF THE CHAT/MESSAGE RECEIVED BY GARIB ON 4 NOVEMBER 2007

[Texts written between square brackets and some punctuation are added for the sake of making the meaning clearer.]

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MOST COMPASSIONATE

On [the] flat one of the plains,
In the word of the saints,
In the linen of each fabric that is woven,
Human's work is seen,
As such, life of humanity is knitted.

When I say,
"I am in me with HIM,
You are in you with HIM,"
[then] My Rab's compassion is seen
At every place,
In every difficulty,
In every rule.

Human is created for humanity,
Nature is created for humanity,
The book [Koran] is brought down [to earth] for humanity.
Therefore;
To find oneness in humanity,
To make love come together
With humans,
To make human work
In the name of humanity
Is the most beautiful event
That is lived, that is made to be lived.
The biggest alms that [a] human will [can] give [another] human
Is his/her love.
If you can give your love to humanity,
[then] Allah's salvation finds you,
HE shows HIS keramet. [keramet=1. miracle worked by God through a person. 2. the God-given power of working miracles.]
[? he/she shows His keramet ?]
Our goal [is]:
To make our love reach humanity,
To make [humanity] come together with nature, in love. [to make humanity and nature come together, in love [i.e. humans love the nature]]
[? To make [humanity] come together with nature and love. ?]

At the place of darling Meryem, [Meryem=Virgin Mary]
In the presence of darlings
The word that will make us rejoice the most [is]
The love of Rahman [God].
We should come together in the word where HE says:
"I created you from My Love."
We should work in the name of the direction that
HE shows.
We should read the whole of that 'only one' book [Koran].
Then knots untie,
Faults are crossed out.

Meryem and Fatima came.
They added their love to our loves.
Meryem said:
"Let each morsel that you eat
Increase your God-given share.
Let each one of your sip
Relieve your hearts.
If we believed in the existence of Allah,
[then] Neither trouble nor worry
Should be in us;
Nonconfidence should not stay inside us.

Fatima said,
"I shared the worry of each one who was worried,
That is how I became noble with my name. [that is how my reputation grew]
I took my each step
With HIS name.
I added love to my love.
Let my Rab's compassion fill
The heart of each one of you.
Let the name of each one of you
Be remembered as Islam.
Islam
Is the real one of
The love, the peace, [and] the trust.
The one who does not know these
Is the one who does not make his/her name be written in the Pure Book.
Our right, our left know what is in us,
[they] Record what is in us.

Hadji Bektas said,
The bee that takes honey from one thousand one flowers [one thousand one==endless]
Feeds all humans with what HE gives.
Human, with each one [good deed] that he/she does,
Decorates the universe.
[however,] The ones who can not do [so]:
He/she feeds his/her ego.
The trees that shed their leaves every winter
Renew themselves;
Its flower increases [their flowers increase in number],
Its fruit increases [their fruits increase in number],
Its leaf increases [their leaves increase in number].
Human should take example for him/herself
From these creation hikmets. [hikmet=1. wisdom. 2. philosophy. 3. real meaning, hidden meaning. 4. purpose, point. 5. the unknowable intentions of God.]
He/she should know that
Each service that he/she performs
Opens his/her horizon;
He she passes from form to form, [goes from one spiritual level to another]
He/she migrates [to after earth life] in that 'hal.' [hal=1. state, condition. 2. situation, circumstances, state of affairs. 3. behavior, attitude. 4. the present time. 5. strength, energy. 6. trouble.] [hal==to find oneself in water, air, sand, soil, tree, leaf…]
If we tied our loves with hak [rightness/justice]
[then] We solve our worries in the name of Hak [God].
We cross out
Each line that does not come from HIS Name.

While the book given by Allah stands by,
The book gathered together by human
Can not be the solution of human life.
Human can not find there Allah's order [command].
Troubles, except death,
Find remedy.
Death is not trouble,
Death is reunion with Darling.

Hazrat Yesevi said,
The [spiritual] waters that you took/take jug by jug,
Present [them] cup by cup.
Like birds, alight on each one of branches.
You will see,
In each particle
You will find the science of Hak. [The previous three verses may be better understood under the light of the following information: according to Quantum Mechanics/Physics, matter is made of "particles" that behave as matter and light wave at the same time...]
The ones who talk badly about HIS science
Are deprived of mind.
[The above verses may be better understood under the light of the following information: Allah created/creates the matter by transforming some of HIS LIGHT into matter. HIS LIGHT is shadowless. Every thing that is visible to human eye is HIS LIGHT in the form of matter, in other words, is HIM. HE lets HIS matter act according to rules that may be expressed mathematically. HE allows humans to discover these rules that humans call 'science.' It is indeed 'HIS science' that HE allows humans to discover; thanks to 'HIS science,' humans can today [in the 21st century] 'perceive HIM' instead of just 'believe in HIM'...]

Behlul Dane [is] at the market place; [Behlul Dane: Sufi saint who lived in the 9th century]
He both gives word [he promises]
And breaks his word. [he talks badly too]
"Because," he says
I saw so many poors:
His/her word is word. [he/she kept/keeps his/her promise]
I saw so many kings:
Let his heart be dug. [his heart gate was so badly closed that one needed to dig [the soil blocking the entrance] to open it]
[these kings:]
They know neither the order
Nor The One Who writes;
Neither do they laugh at [help] the poor
Nor do they conform to human. [they do not act as a human]

I said, "My Behlul
Do you look in human for fault or virtue?"
He said,
"The ones who have virtue are behind me,
Wherever I go they come;
The defected ones are facing me
Whatever I see, I say."

How can we have word? [what can we say about him?]
My Allah created Behlul like that.
Your right [correct] path is right,
Your 'hal' is just right for Darling.
All of us we love you,
We look forward to your path.
He said, "Allah, eyvallah [goodbye]"
He greeted.

We are used to each 'hal' of Mevlana,
We reached each one of his words.
We expect the same from each wise one. [we expect each wise one to be like Mevlana]
However, some of us, we keep what we have in our ego.
I asked Mevlana:
Has it ever happened to you that you did not love?
Did the ones who do not love come to your chat?
He said,
"I love, don't I? Affirmative." [answer of the first question: my love covers all / answer of the second question: affirmative, the ones who do not love come also to my chats]

Yunus Emre goes around and around
On mountain, on stone,
On hill, on plain;
He keeps on burning [in heart] in the name of Darling.
He set up his 'post' on ground [post=the position of sheikh in a dervish order]
He keeps on presenting his love to his Rab [God].
He has become beloved one of Rab.
Garib [the poor one] keeps on looking for.
I said,
Where did you look for [HIM]?
Where did you find [HIM]?
Where did you come together [with HIM]?
He said:
I looked for [HIM] on the road, on the mountain, on the hill.
[however, it turned out that]
HE was inside me.
I came together with The One Who was [already] in me.
That was enough on that day.
We all are hopeful for the future.

We should know that
The hand of Hazrat Ali is on our back.
We should find ourselves
In his love.
Him, he is the lion of Allah,
[he is] Ehli beyt of His Representative. [ehli beyt=the family of the Prophet Mohammad.]
His word is Hak's word.
His word is the word of the one who is full.
He greeted all of you,
He conveyed to all of us
The love of our Rabb.
Let Allah be pleased with him.

Let selam [greeting/peace] be, let selam be, let selam be.

Allahu Ekber [Allah is The Greatest], Allahu Ekber, Allahu Ekber.

Lailaheillallah Muhammeden Resulullah. [Allah is The only One to be worshiped; we wish to YOU and to Your Representative Mohammad.]

LOVE, SEE & SHARE:

Love all HIS creations;
See HIM in all of HIS creations;
Share HIS Meaning.

© Sabahat Akşiray (Garib)
Translated by Tamer Özel